Car crash detection
It doesn’t matter who was first to offer car crash detection capabilities, because the real reason this exists is morbid and sucky. Now that I’ve established that, I’m relieved that Pixel smartphones and Apple iPhones both offer a way for your smartphone to automatically reach out to emergency services when you’re rendered unable to do so yourself because of a car crash. Here’s to hoping you never have to use this feature.
Apple announced that the new iPhone 14 would utilize its improved gyroscopes to help recognize when you’ve had a car crash. But Google was the first to introduce the car crash detection feature a few years ago on select Pixel smartphones. The ability is part of the Personal Safety app, which is still exclusive to Pixel devices. Like Apple’s version, it lets you set up an Emergency SOS feature that can dispatch for safety and share your real-time location when accidents happen. There’s also an option to turn on automatic car crash detection. If you don’t respond within an allotted amount of time, your Pixel smartphone will call 911 automatically.
